Dyer&#39;s vat.



UNITED STATES PATENill OFFICE. MATTHEW c. corren, or Noeivion, Connso'riou'l.y

DYERS VAT.

No. 853,627. Specification of Letters Eatent. Patented May 14, i907.

Application tiled lebruary 19,1907. Serial No. 358.249.

has thee been emptied the bottoni iii may be returned to its operative position by lowering e citizen of the United States, residing et it in the cage until the hooks on rods 15 en- Norivioh, in the county7 of New London and l ege the upper edge of the cage, es see-n in State of Connecticut7 have invented s. nettr l ig'. 1. and useful lmprovement in Dyers Vets, of The bottom 14 is perforated end the enge which the following is a. speciiicstion. 'g 10 is preferably provided with trunnions 16 This invention relates to that class of by ineens oi" which it may be lifted out of the dyers vets which include an outer tub or vat. vessel end e removable inner onge adapted to g 17 denotes s, steam-pipe which is formed, reeeive th@J goods to be dyed, and inv object within the vet, n perforated ring' that is is to provide, in connection with such vets7 S located between the vst and cage, its periomeans for resdilpT Jforcing the dyeing solution rations beinr located in its upper ortion so through seid goods in either direction, that that steam r ischerged through said) openings is to soy either downward throu li the (zege l will be directed upward. containing the goods or upward t irough sind l 1S denotes n similar steam-pipe that enters cage. l the extreme lower part oi the vet and con- My invention also contemplates improved l neets with e. perforated ring 1Q, that is he ineens for removably supporting the bottom cated in the spsce between the enge bottoni of the cage es well es ineens for introducin 14 and the vet bottom 11, the perforetions in the dyeing solution into the vat, all of whic 1 seid ring 19 being preferably at or neer the inner side oi seid ring.

I have explained in detail hereinafter.

In order to expleinmy invention oleerljfT l i Connected with the pipe 18 is e funnelhaveprovided the annexed drawins,inwhioh l shaped reeeptscle 2() in which the dye solu- Figure l is a central7 vertical., sectional tion may be placed and allowed to pass by view of e dyers vet embodying my said nil grsvitltT downward into s pipe 21 that leeds provements. Fig. 2 is e. plan View of the into seid pipe 1S. Having first out ofi the same, with e portion of the bottom of the return o seid solution by closing a valve 22 inner cage broken away.

i in pipe 21 e valve 23 in pipe 18 is opened end Referring' now to these drawings, the nu the iii-rushing steam carries with it the sind merel 16 indicates e tub or vet, here shown To r// wlmrh il?? Htlty (foncer-n:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW C. CUrrLn,

dye-solution and discharges it into the space as of cylindrical form, having s lined bottom between the two bottoms and is thence- 11. Within the vat 10 is removably located oreed upward throu li the perorstions in s. cylindrical cage 12 which is designed to rel bottom 14 end throug the goods in cage 12; ceive the goods to be dyed; seid cage being 1 the liquid in said cage being meanwhile so supported upon extensions 13 that oonesused to over-flow the upper edge of the side-roble space 1s provided between the botenge. and then pass downward between the torn of the cage end the bottom of the vs-t it). i onge and vat. After e suitable length of The bottom of the onge 12 is indicated by the l time the valve 23 is closed and a. valve 24 in numeral 14, seid bottom being suspended pipe 17 is opened whereupon steam enters and supported, on the inturned lower ends of the ipe ring that surrounds the cage and is rods 15 Whose upper ends are bent to hook E disolierged upward through the periorations over the up er end of the seid ongeif ss is l in the top of said ring. This action creates clearly seen in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The l en upward current in the liquid surrounding lower ends of rods 15 are preferably riveted, i; the cage and thus forces seid liquid over the or otherwise secured, tothe bottom 14. top oi the cage and downward through the Whenever it is desired to remove the botl goods contained therein. By thus reversing tom 14 it is only necessary to lift the upper l the flow of dye solution endcausing it to pass (hook-shaped) ends of rods 15 from the cage upward and downward through the goods end move seid upper ends inward until the the latter are more uniformly and completely hooks ere disengaged from the onge when the i dyed then when the dye is forced therebottom and connected rods (together with through from one direction only. By means the goods contained in the ce e) may drop of the described tunnel 20 additional dye sodownward through the cage. iter the cage i lution may be introduced if desired.

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